Where does “ikä” come from?

ikä (Karelian) comes from Proto-Finnic ikä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä — age, year.

ikä (Karelian): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “ikä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicikäage; lifetime
2Proto-Finno-Ugricikäage, year
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric ikä →Every word from Proto-Finnic ikä →
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